Legal Opinion
Schubach v. Household Finance Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 28, 1978PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The plaintiffs allege that the defendant Household Finance Corporation (HFC) engages in unfair acts or practices in violation of G. L. c. 93A, § 2 (a), by filing collection actions in locations inconvenient to HFC’s debtors, for the purpose of precipitating default judgments, making defense of the actions more difficult, and securing judgments more favorable to HFC than would otherwise be the case. HFC contends that its collection actions are brought in accordance with G. L. c. 223, § 2, as amended by St. 1975 c. 836, § 2, in District Courts in “the county where one of the parties lives or…
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